U.n. Warns Iraq Against Blocking Site Inspections

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June 14, 1997

UNITED NATIONS — The Security Council warned Iraq on Friday against endangering U.N. flight crews, after Iraqi authorities reportedly blocked U.N. inspectors from checking suspected weapons sites. The council also issued a reminder that U.N. resolutions require the Middle East nation to allow the inspectors to search for banned weapons anywhere in Iraq. The council ordered Iraq to destroy its long-range missiles and other weapons of mass destruction after the 1991 Persian Gulf War. Until then, the council refuses to lift economic sanctions imposed after Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990.